Arbitrum Holds $0.130 Support as Standard Chartered Forecasts $10 Target
Arbitrum (ARB)
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Eugene Serbin
trendkia.com reports that Arbitrum has stabilized above the $0.130 support level after absorbing heavy selling pressure and retreating from a September 6 peak of $0.207. Standard Chartered analyst Kendrick Geoffrey projects the ARB token could reach $10 by 2030, representing a 70-fold increase from current valuations. Geoffrey attributes this bullish outlook to Arbitrum's integration onto Robinhood Chain, which he describes as a bridge connecting traditional finance to distributed ledgers.
He noted that this deployment establishes the network as a primary option for institutional entities looking to deploy assets on-chain. On-chain metrics show monthly network revenue projected to hit approximately $5 million in September, a fivefold expansion from July's baseline. Institutional partners pay a 10% rolling fee for building and deploying tailored Layer-2 blockchains using Arbitrum technology.
The bank also highlighted that the asset tokenization market could surge to $4 trillion by the end of 2028. However, Geoffrey acknowledged that sluggish execution and competition from other protocols remain tangible obstacles. He also pointed out that the native ARB governance token lacks a direct economic mechanism to capture value from the protocol's accumulating revenue. Technical analysis indicates that reclaiming resistance at $0.140 is necessary to generate momentum toward the $0.160 psychological milestone.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ARB, measured when this story was written up on 19 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows Arbitrum trading at $0.2212 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 51.0%, indicating a slight edge for buyers over the full day. However, shorter-term pressure is bearish, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 43.5% and the 4-hour ratio at 48.2%, both below the 50% equilibrium. Volume delta confirms this intraday weakness, showing net selling of -$146,244 in the last hour and -$280,956 over four hours. Despite this recent outflow, the 24-hour volume delta remains positive at +$1,863,255, suggesting that buying pressure built earlier in the day outweighed the recent selling. The Cumulative Volume Delta closed at +$495,034, reflecting that net buying activity has occurred for 10 of the last 24 hours. Spot volume reached $94,366,155 with 632,409 trades, showing active participation despite the shift in short-term sentiment.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.4% sits at the 8th percentile of the last 324 days, against a median of 49.6% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ARB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
This trading activity follows a week where the buy ratio averaged 49.9%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 51.0% a marginal improvement of 1.1 points. Volume today was 3.19 times the weekly average, signaling an unusual spike in trading activity compared to the preceding week. Over the past eight days, the price has risen 58.6%, driven by a total volume delta of +$3,443,128. While today shows net buying pressure over the full day, only three of the last seven days recorded net buying, indicating inconsistent accumulation. This recent surge in volume and price contrasts with the cautious consolidation described in the report, highlighting a divergence between recent market momentum and the underlying technical support levels.